19 Showcases and Exhibitions
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19 Showcases and Exhibitions – Come witness new concepts, find out where they originate, and be inspired.
Throughout the year, creators seek inspiration and connect with topics of interest in order to create works that reflect their perspectives and tell stories. On February 25–March 6, 2022, the Isan Creative Festival 2022 will bring together 19 exhibitions, including the works of new and seasoned designers, the results of urban development initiatives, and works that support creative industries.
1. Local Immunity
TCDC Khon Kaen
Local immunity The exhibition, hosted by the Creative Economy Agency in Khon Kaen, is part of the Isan Creative Festival 2022. The exhibition aims to present the growth of Thailand’s food industry from all regions and the trends in food production and consumption in the country. The exhibition’s highlights include traditional medicine, pharmacopoeias, and local recipes that contain medicinal values and effects on the human body.
2. Mudmee NFT
TCDC Khon Kaen
The festival includes a cooperative stage for Isan Mudmee weaving groups and international NFT artists to co-create Mudmee NFT, creating patterns on Mudmee cloth and turning them into digital tokens to expand the Mudmee market into the digital world. The obtained NFT and the Mudmee-inspiring art works will be displayed in the exhibition at the Isan Creative Festival 2022.
3. Professional Showcase
TCDC Khon Kaen
This year, entrepreneurs, designers, and creatives from all over Isan submitted works for the exhibition.Most of the works this year exhibit an expansion from the original Isan cultural capital to modern pieces of art corresponding to the concept of this year’s festival.
4. Khon Kaen Urban Transit
Khon Kaen Wittayayon School’s Bus Stop
The exhibition displays the prototype model of the Khon Kaen Light Rail Transit, which will very soon be scheduled to commence, and charts the plans of Khon Kaen Urban Transit, including the Small Tram Project around Kaen Nakhon Lake, the LRT Project, and the Smart Song Taew Project. Apart from the information display, this exhibition is also an open platform for the voices and views of the locals to cover every possible dimension of the city’s development.
5. Made in Srichan #2
Khon Kaen Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal
Made in Shichan 2 is the extension of the project Made in Srichan to extend the valuable treasures of the Srichan creative neighbourhood and to develop the potential of the community groups, entrepreneurs, and original businesses in the neighbourhood. Isan designers collaborate with neighbourhood businesses to create new works, new products, new menus, and new storytelling to promote the shops using new products in a new image that is more accessible to more people and will become Srichan’s unique signature.
6. Future Paradise
Ruamthavee Khon Kaen
FUTURE PARADISE presented by Design and Objects Association (D&O), a group of designers who have built a solid reputation for fresh designs and product quality in both local and international markets, showcases designs inspired by the mixture of Thai locality and future trends, adopting modern technology and traditional hand-made techniques to design new hand-made products; the designs that result from the mixture of the old and new techniques are the highlight of the exhibition.
7. Student Showcase
Khon Kaen Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal
Isan Creative Festival 2022 is an opportunity for creatives and artists in Isaan to have the space to express their creativity to promote and develop Isan’s growing creative business. This year, students and designers from different institutions all over Isan submitted works for the exhibition.
8. Lunch & Learn Project: School Yard Lunch
TCDC Khon Kaen
From the 2021’s successful Lunch & Learn Project under the government’s average lunch budget of 21 THB per student to the 2022’s expansion project, the School Yard Lunch Project, which is the collaboration of various groups in the food production line. The main focus of the newly created menus will be placed first and foremost on nutrition and the local ingredients.
9. House of Fabric-Ation
Khon Kaen Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal
House of Fabric-Ation showcases Isan textiles developed by fusing innovation and technology with design, local wisdom, and regional uniqueness in order to modernise Isan woven products and optimise the quality to meet international standards.
10. Isan, Our Home(town)
1502 Creative Sharing Space
Isan, Our Home(town) is an open space that tells the stories of “Baan Hao” (hometown) by combining intellectual and cultural treasures with creativity, design, and innovation via a Northeastern Creative Economy District network. It tells the stories of two potential cities, Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Ratchasima, which utilise cultural elements and innovation to transform their towns into “Creative Economy Areas.”
11. Isan Flavour Library
TCDC Khon Kaen
The wisdom of Isan fermentation has been passed down from generation to generation. The preservation of food is what gives it richness and a wide range of tastes. The exhibition “Isan Flavour Library” will reveal the various flavours of Isan pickling.
12. Isan Solutions
TCDC Khon Kaen
Most Isan handcrafts have a plain and non-decorative image. They are simple tools and equipment for everyday use that we are familiar with. They are, however, the result of a struggling way of life in order to survive.They are nature’s reliance, her generosity in heredity, and the fun discovered through surroundings. This knowledge requires time for practise to obtain unique skills.
13. Wonders of Chum Phae
TCDC Khon Kaen
The Wonders of Chum Phae is a project to elevate and develop local products from Chum Phae, Khon Kaen. The project develops and promotes a new image of shops and local products to meet current consumer demand. The main objectives are to reach more customers and to provide more market opportunities. As a part of the project, entrepreneurs are encouraged to use the knowledge and skills they have learned to grow their businesses in the Isan region.
14. Srichan-Kungsadan Innovation District
Khon Kaen Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal
The exhibition “Srichan-Kungsadan Innovation District” illuminates area development concepts and economic mobilisation which aims at maximising the economic growth and capabilities of local entrepreneurs in the Srichan-Kungsadan district; the neighbourhood is vibrant with food, agricultural, and biotechnological innovations.
15. Isan Street Vendor
Kungsadan
Kungadan is a neighbourhood with several street vendors, such as wheelbarrow vendors, hawkers, and vendor stalls scattered all over the area. The project to improve the image of street vendors along the streets of Kungsadan was then initiated to bring designs to upgrade the street vendor businesses and build an attractive and outstanding look for the shops.
16. Srichan Old But Cool
Online Platform
Srichan Old but Cool is a project to enhance realisation and promote these creative sub-districts in the creative district of Srichan, Khon Kaen, to present these sub-districts in Khon Kaen to be recognised in Thailand and abroad. The campaign of interesting stories from each sub-district will boost tourism and push the creative industry in Khon Kaen forward. The end result will be three products: public relations articles, Srichan’s Old but Cool Map, and a public relations video.
17. Wonder Waste Junoir!
Khon Kaen Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal
The project aims to continue promoting and expanding community engagement in proper waste sorting through the adoption of delivery robot technology or the smart waste-collecting cat robots. The location to be included in the project expansion is Muang Khon Kaen District, and the new target group will be local students and educational institutes.
18. Town +(Chair)+ Share
Bueng Nong Waeng Public Park
The project is co-created by the collaboration of Khon Kaen Municipality, Nong Waeng Trachoo 1 Community, shop owners and entrepreneurs located around Nong Waeng Trachoo Park, Hed-D Architect Club, Hug Town Company, Khon Kaen University, and the Creative Economy Agency (CEA) to create a participatory design process, which is an approach to design by actively involving all stakeholders, and spaces around Nong Waeng Trachoo Park have been identified as an experimental area.
19. Co-Create: Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal
Khon Kaen Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal
The seminar Co-Create: Air-Conditioned Bus Terminal will be organised as part of the Isan Creative Festival 2022 to share insights on how the city grows while still paying attention to economic development for original communities that serve as the business quarter, sustainable community, and tourism district.The project relies on the principles of urban planning and design thinking with collaboration with stakeholders such as Khon Kaen Municipality, KKTT co, Ltd., Creative Economy Agency (Public Organization), representatives from communities, and entrepreneurs in the area.
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